DAILY UPDATE (Loch Garten nest) Sunday, 24 August 2014

Odin is still here!!  An hour ago a tweet from LG

Have a good holiday and not too much German beer lololololo

And half an hour ago on LG FB page.  It looks as though he is holding the fish, referred to in the tweet.

"Is this the last sighting we'll have of Odin this year?"

ENS "Farewell, farewell - please do take care/Our eyes are damp as we see you've gone:/ We wave our hankies in the air./So far, so far, you have to go/Through winds & rain, and ever warmer air./You will be missed - you'll never know/How many humans care/Or even that we plot your course/With worry 'bout how you fare./You leave behind you memories/Of family bonds so strong/Its hard for us to understand/That that part of life is gone/That you will wing your way/To a New Life/Where you'll fulfil your fate/We here in wintry climes can only wish, & wait./One day, maybe, if the Gods are kind/We'll hear of you again/Meanwhile, we're proud to say,/We felt we were your friends.".

Oh Lindy, hankie to the fore again.  A lovely poem.  Thank you!

Good morning Lindy, Sheila, noc, Wendy, Mary, scylla, birdsong, et al! Thanks, Sheila for the posting and news of Odin this morning. The nest is dreadfully empty and no pics on the thread until this one. It is helpful just to be able to say good bye and wish Odin an uneventful trip to his vacation grounds.

Lovely poem, Lindy! That is a poem you should add to the MEMORIES thread.

Okay - it is so deflating that I have had to turn on the DYFI cam to hear Deri pleading pitifully for food as if she were going to pass out the next moment.

A snap of the end-of-season nest for the record then.

I wish Google Earth would update so I could see where Millie and Seasca are!!!

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